Weed: Been There. Done That. — For a little while in my teenage years, my friends and I smoked marijuana. It was fun. I have some fond memories of us all being silly together. I think those moments of uninhibited frolic deepened our friendships. — But then we all sort of moved away from it.

Another Problem Obamacare Won't Solve: Health Costs — Does giving people health insurance help control costs? — Conventional wisdom holds that it should, by diverting them from expensive emergency room use to less-expensive visits to doctors and nurse practitioners.

Mayor de Blasio Looks Forward — Mayor Bill de Blasio took charge of New York City on Wednesday with a forceful Inaugural Address and pledged to begin the head-on attack on “the inequality crisis” as he had promised. He repeated the bullet points from his campaign, but insisted …

Ezra Klein Is Said to Plan to Leave Washington Post — Ezra Klein, an analyst, columnist and television commentator who runs The Washington Post's Wonkblog, is making plans to leave the newspaper after failing to win support for a new website he wanted to create within the company …

‘They had no idea if my insurance was active or not!’: Obamacare confusion reigns as frustrated patients walk out of hospitals without treatment — MailOnline spoke with patients who were told they would have to pay their bills in full if they couldn't prove they had insurance

Yes, the Debate with Bill Nye Is On — Well, we were going to make this announcement next week, but our friends at the post office were able to get our January newsletter into AiG supporters' homes very early this time, so the word is now getting out about next month's creation/evolution debate.

APNewsBreak: Adding a new baby to plan not easy — WASHINGTON (AP) — There's another quirk in the Obama administration's new health insurance system: It lacks a way for consumers to quickly and easily update their coverage for the birth of a baby and other common life changes.

King erupts over Snowden editorial — Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) decried The New York Times as a “disgrace” following an editorial calling for clemency for National Security Agency leaker and fugitive Edward Snowden. — “Edward Snowden is either a traitor, or a defector, or both …

The Closing of the Scientific Mind — The huge cultural authority science has acquired over the past century imposes large duties on every scientist. Scientists have acquired the power to impress and intimidate every time they open their mouths, and it is their responsibility to keep this power in mind no matter what they say or do.

A GOP Year — A White House official once noted that the problem with the national press corps is it can only keep one idea in its mind at a time. And while that's often true, it's not at the moment in regard to Republicans. — Today's media line on the Republican party is it faces irreversible decline.

Climate to be 2014 battlefield — Climate change and energy will be a major policy battleground in the 2014 midterms, advocates on both sides of the issue promise. — Republicans like Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) plan to go on the attack against President Obama's climate action plan …

Boehner ally: GOP can win Senate — A high-ranking House GOP lawmaker predicts big congressional wins for his party in November. — If Republicans don't make an unforced error, such as repeating last fall's government shutdown or failing to raise the debt ceiling, veteran Rep. Tom Cole …

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